News Archive - 17 December 2021

The naval forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Sultanate of Oman held a bilateral rescue drill in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman on  Thursday morning. The exercise was held after the two sides reached an agreement in their recent Joint...

In his message to his Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Iranian President Raeisi congratulated the country's Independence Day. "I offer my sincerest congratulations to Your Excellency and Kazakh people on the 30th anniversary of Independence Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan.," Raeisi said.  "During the thirty years since independence, the Republic...

The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a statement on Thursday morning that Yemeni forces managed to shoot down yet another US-made Boeing Insitu ScanEagle as “it was carrying out hostile actions a while ago in the airspace of Wadi Obaida district” in the...

Iraq i Kurdistan forces in northern Iraq on Thursday found a mass grave containing the bodies of at least 11 Iraqi policemen presumed killed by ISIL terrorist groups, a Peshmerga security official said. "A mass grave was discovered on Thursday in Duraji area" where there are many caves once used...

The fire broke out on the fourth or fifth floor of an eight-story building in a shopping and entertainment area in the city of Osaka on Friday, NHK said. A total of 28 people were “severely injured”, it said, with “most of them without vital signs.” An official...

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made the announcement in an official commentary Friday. "In response to the unfriendly actions of London, and based on the principle of reciprocity, Russia made a decision to impose personal sanctions against a similar number of British citizens, deeply involved in anti-Russian activities. They...

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“We are at the forefront of actions to restore service. We ask for support from the Venezuelan people to overcome this vile and criminal attack, ”he said, adding that the experience of the workers of the National Electric System (SEN) will allow recovering the health service. As soon as...

TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – It is the habit of Americans to dispose of their former allies.

Al-Jazeera last night published false inferential news over the statement of Ali Bagheri, Iran's top negotiator in the Vienna talks. But the website and Twitter account of this news outlet deleted the false news and re-published it after being edited. This comes as Al-Jazeera quoted Bagheri as saying that Tehran...

Accompanied by members of his Cabinet, President Raeisi arrived in Yazd on Friday morning and was welcomed by the governor general of Yazd province, representatives of people in the Iranian Parliament and some managers, scholars and clergymen of this province. Speaking to the press at Yazd airport, President Raeisi noted that...

Speaking in a telephone conversation with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi late on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian criticized lack of initiative of western countries including UK, France and Germany towards nuclear talks in Vienna. During the phone talk, Iranian and Chinese foreign minister exchanged their...

"Following our consultations with other delegations, yesterday, @enriquemora & I met to take stock of the situation & discuss the way forward," wrote Bagher Kani in his Twitter account.  "We have made good progress this week. We will convene a Joint Commission today & will continue talks after a break...

 The IRGC in a statement announced that a terrorist team was plotting sabotage and terrorist acts in Saravan area. During the clashes, four members of the terrorist group were killed and large amount of weapons and equipment were left from them. Saravan is located 347 km away from southeast of Zahedan, the...

Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Javad Haj Ali-Akbari Tehran’s interim Friday prayers leader reiterated that foiling cruel and oppressive sanctions imposed against Iran, relying upon high domestic capabilities and potentials, is the main issue for the country that must be taken into serious consideration. The threatening positions of some officials of Western...

In a news conference on Friday, Rafael Grossi the Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency explained about the cameras which are going to be installed at TESA Site in Karaj. "We were in talks with Iran while traveling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt and some progressed...

A case in point is the recent joint statement by the European trio -France, Germany and Britain (E3) – about the current state of play in Vienna. The ambassadors of the trio to the UN accused, in a media stakeout, Iran of “curtailed monitoring by the International Atomic Energy...

In a tweet on Friday, Mikhail Ulyanov Russia’s envoy in Vienna talks wrote, “The meeting of the Joint Commission of #JCPOA as well as the seventh round of the #ViennaTalks are over.”  The negotiations will resume soon, he added. The closing meeting of JCPOA Joint Commission began less...

Speaking among reporters, Deputy EU Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora told this draft includes various views and proposals of P4 + 1 and Iran on lifting of sanctions, delegation-related issues and executive arrangements. This does not mean reaching an agreement but will be the basis for continuing talks, he noted.

Fatemeh Anvari, a third-grade Canadian teacher in the town of Chelsea, was told earlier this month that she would no longer be allowed to run her classes since wearing headscarves was in contravention of Bill 21, a law passed in 2019. The dismissal sparked widespread condemnation of the controversial...

The Iranian team came second with 548 points in the competition held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Russia finished in first place with 581 points. Uzbekistan came third with 525 points. ZZ/IRN84580333...

Bagheri Kani was briefing reporters on Friday, at the end of another round of talks in the Austrian capital of Vienna between Iran and the five remaining signatories to the multilateral nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), aimed at removing the US sanctions...

Some unconfirmed news, which we will cover in due course, indicate that the Zionist regime is investigating the perpetration of evil acts against the Islamic Republic of Iran, said an informed security official to Nour News.  Referring to the news that the Zionist regime media recently released about the...

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"The 100 countries did not accompany with the resolution, and it seems that the time has come for their representatives to protest against the self-proclaimed human rights heroes who seek to deprive independent countries of their freedom through influence, deception and misinformation," said Zahra Ershadi in reaction to the adoption...

Arman-e Melli: Joint text for continuation of negotiations  Asia: Iran export to Russia increased Aftab: Iran, P4+1 reach new joint text Ebtekar: Positive signals witnessed in Vienna talks IAEA to get access to information of Karaj site after sanction removal Yazd 12th destination of President Raeisi's provincial tours  Etela'at: JCPOA...

Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the IAEA on Friday displayed the camera system similar to those used in an Iranian centrifuge-parts workshop at Karaj at a press conference in Vienna, Austria. He claimed that critical footage from a surveillance camera at the facility had gone missing, though acknowledging that the...

"As for the date for the resumption of talks, there is no complete clarity. The issue of the date is open. As far as I understand, there are two options: either to resume the work on December 27, at least at the expert level within the framework of the...

TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has held a meeting with the visiting Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó Tehran on Thursday.